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Teen Boys and Anger
In this “Maggie Moment” one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors and dedicated boy champions Maggie ...
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S2 Episode 10 – All by myself – isolation as an only child or sole parent — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Being an only child or single parent can be hard when all your usual social ...
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The very real challenges of mothering in the 21st Century
Recently I have had some conversations with mums who have had children up to 15 ...
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How to be the mum your boys need you to be
Maggie joined Gareth Parker from 6PR in Perth to chat about mothering boys: Listen on ...
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The importance of mums finding a sisterhood
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors talks about the importance of ...
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Soothing mama stress and angst
As a parenting educator I am always monitoring and enquiring of parents what’s happening at ...
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Why you’ll never be the perfect parent … and that’s OK
Maggie was interviewed by Huffpost Australia about why perfectionism, comparison and judgement in parenting are ...
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The one question mums of sons should ask
As a mother of four sons, a former boys’ basketball coach, counsellor and a secondary ...
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Go Slow Parenting Podcast
Maggie shared some audio from her 9 Things Online Course with US-based website iMothering.com. Image credit: ...
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Why being a firm, loving parent matters
Without a doubt parenting is confusing, challenging, exhausting, fabulous, delightful and amazing, and often all ...
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Sobering truths about being a mother
Mother’s Day in Australia is rapidly approaching and thanks to our commercial, consumer-driven world there ...
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Boys & Mums: the tween years (Part 2 of 2)
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about parenting boys as they approach their adolescence. Maggie ...
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Connecting with kids: building love bridges
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how quality time can be a rare commodity for ...
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In praise of a common-sense revolution
Recently I was listening to a radio interview with a motoring expert, and a listener ...
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Being a mean, loving mum
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie discusses parenting styles, in particular mothering styles. She discusses the ...
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Why Women Shouldn’t Always Leave Themselves the Burnt Chop
I have met so many interesting and weary grown-ups lately. I put a beautiful picture ...
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TODAY Show: Stressed out mums
Maggie joins the TODAY show to talk about looking after yourself as a parent.